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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. LOCKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND FRANKHOLUB, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,276, dated May 4,1880. Application filed March 23, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. LooKE, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Meat in Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to meat-packers of the kind shown in Letters PatentNo. 223,522, granted to me January 13, 1880, and constitutes animprovement in the organization of such machines.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation Fig. 2, aplan view with the top plate removed; Fig. 3, an elevation of thepacking devices, partlyin section; and Fig. 4, a rear elevation;

The meat-receptacle A, plunger B, and plunger-rod C are similar to thoseshown in my patent above mentioned, and need not therefore be described.

The present machine is constructed in the following manner:

The frame is composed of top and base plates, D E, which are connectedat the front of the machine by uprights F and at the rear by uprights G.The meat receptacles and plungers, of which there are two sets, workupon the uprights F in the manner shown in my former patent.

At the rear of the machine a vertical cylinder, H, has its hearings inthe top and base plates, and is'driven in any suitable manner.Cam-tracks I J K are formed or secured upon the surface of this cylinderand serve to actuate levers L M N. These levers are pivoted at abouttheir middle in an upright standard, 0, and are again pivoted at theirends in lugs or ears to Z) c on the meat-receptacle, plunger, andplunger-rod, respectively.

The apertures i j k in the levers, through which the pivot-bolts pass,are elongated, as shown, so as to give play sufficient to allow themeat-receptacle, plunger, and plunger-rod to move in vertical lines.

As each set of meat-receptacles, plungers, and plunger-rods is actuatedbya separate set Machines for Packing scend together, and themeat-receptacle commences to rise after the plunger has entered itsopening. The plunger then, for a moment, remains stationary, while theplunger-rod descends and the meat-receptacle rises, and then rises withthe receptacle, while the plungerrod continues its descent. The plungerand plunger-rod then rise together and the operation is completed.

The above-described operation is substantially similar to that set forthin my patent above mentioned.

Two sets only of packers are shown; but two more could be operated uponthe opposite side of the cam-cylinder.

The cans can be placed in the holders and ejected therefrom in anysuitable manner.

I claim as of my own invention-- 1. The combination, substantially ashereinbefore set forth, of the meat-receptacle, plunger, plunger-rod,their operating-levers, and the actuating-cams.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of thecircular cam-tracks, a series of levers operated from opposite sides ofsaid tracks, and the meat-packin g devices operated by the lovers.

In testimony whereof I have-hereunto subscribed my name.

' CHARLES S. LOCKE.

Witnesses:

MAX EBERHARDT, ADOLPH A. SINGER.

